BW
bacteriological warfare.
BW
American-
bacteriological warfare.
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(in television, motion pictures, photography, etc.) black and white, as opposed to color.
BW
1
British
abbreviation
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biological warfare
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Botswana (international car registration)
B/W
2
British
abbreviation
bw
3
British
abbreviation
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Two LPG carriers, BW TYR and BW ELM, carrying a combined LPG cargo of about 94,000 tonnes were sailing towards India's coast, the ministry said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Following the latest sales, BW Group continues to own 9.5% of DHT Holdings’ outstanding stock.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Santos said a software issue affecting safety systems on board the BW Opal floating production storage and offloading unit had led to an unplanned shutdown of around two weeks last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
BW Lesmes was successfully re-floated at 03:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday and would undergo further inspections at Suez anchorage.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
The canal authorities said they managed to refloat and tow away the BW Lesmes, while efforts were underway to remove the Burri from the waterway.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
An artist with B/W photography whose work has a vintage look and feel, Devin Yalkin puts a personal, novel spin on an old tradition.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2018
I remember vividly watching the 1954 World Series with my father on a small B/W TV; Willie Mays and Dusty Rhodes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2014
Peaks were matched across samples using the density method with a bw = 5 and mzwid = 0.025 and retention time correlated using the obiwarp algorithm with profStep = 0.5.
From Nature ● Dec. 25, 2016
When Oscar Henning, the man behind the camera, posted the video, the title read, “Deadlift lee winroth 16 years old bw 67 kg 190 kg.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
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